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Keeping The Promise: Here’s How More Dallas Kids Are Going To College For Free

Just as Jose Alvarez prepared for his first year of college, he was forced to undergo an appendectomy. His family became burdened with the medical costs, especially since Alvarez lost his job due to his health problems. But they didn’t agonize over Alvarez’s college tuition. That was already covered through the Dallas County Promise, which […]

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West Virginia Program Offering Free College To In-State Students — If They Pass a Drug Test

West Virginia has a deal for students who want to better themselves with a college degree: Starting July 1, you can enroll in one of the state’s local community colleges — and the state will pay for your tuition to earn an associate’s degree or training certificate. But here’s the catch: The students must first […]

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New Wyoming Program Will Help Adults Pay For College

A statewide education group introduced a program Thursday that will help adult students in Wyoming learn skills that lead to secure employment. The program will be called Wyoming Works, the Wyoming Education Attainment Council Executive Committee announced. “We are not only advancing our post-secondary attainment goals, but also ensuring Wyoming citizens have high-quality credentials to […]

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Tennessee Community And Technical Colleges Will Raise Tuition For Next School Year

Tennessee community and technical college students will pay more for tuition starting with the upcoming school year. The Tennessee Board of Regents approved the proposed tuition increases Friday. Technical college students will see a 2.42 percent increase and community college students will see a 2.45 percent increase. In real dollars, tuition will increase by $109 and mandatory fees by $7 […]

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Tennessee Board of Regents Set To Increase TCAT, Community College Tuition

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — They’re the colleges that many Tennesseans rely on to learn skills they can use on the job, and they’re the schools Gov. Bill Lee has pushed more people to attend. But this week, the leaders in charge of the state’s community colleges and Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology are ready to […]

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Marijuana Testing Required For Free Community College

ROANOKE, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia students participating in a new program for free tuition at public community colleges will have to pass a drug test that includes marijuana. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the board of the West Virginia Community and Technical College System listened to a presentation on Thursday from a consultant helping launch the […]

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Lots Of 2020 Candidates Are Talking About ‘Free College.’ Here’s What They’re Not Telling You

It has become a cliche of this campaign: A White House hopeful pauses from a speech to invite beleaguered university graduates to shout out the size of the debt they carry — as if competing in an auction — and the numbers bellowed from the crowd spiral upward. In a nation where student loan debt […]

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Free CT Community College Tuition Hinges On Online Lottery Games

A plan to help thousands of first-time students – regardless of income – attend college cost-free is in the proposed budget bill, but whether it happens depends on a complex funding scheme. The proposal’s fate involves the legalization of online lottery games. The bill calls on the governor to consult with the Connecticut Lottery Corporation […]

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Kids Are Increasingly Worried About Paying For College

Parents, of course, worry about paying for college. Increasingly, their children share that concern. Over the last decade, tuition and fees jumped 44% at four-year, private colleges and by 55% at public four-year schools. As a result, student debt has reached record proportions, with $1.6 trillion in loans outstanding. Read More

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County Supervisor Urges Return to Free Community College

Full-time students facing steep housing costs in the Bay Area should not have to pay to attend classes at San Mateo County Community College, according to a county supervisor. In a letter sent last week to the college district’s board president Maurice Goodman, San Mateo County Supervisor David J. Canepa advocated free tuition for first-time, […]

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Anne Arundel Community College Offers Cyber Security Scholarships

Anne Arundel Community College is offering unique scholarships for at least five individuals who hold a bachelor’s degree or are military veterans. The awards are part of the Community College Cyber Pilot Program: Scholarship for Service. The scholarship includes full tuition for up to two years, an annual stipend of $22,500, textbooks and professional development […]

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Amy Klobuchar: Canceling $1.5 Trillion in Student Debt Is Unrealistic—Free Community College Isn’t

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota Democrat and White House hopeful, sounded a mostly moderate tone Monday night in New Hampshire at a CNN town hall meeting. The former prosecutor appeared at St. Anselm College in Manchester with CNN anchor Chris Cuomo. It was the first of five back-to-back town hall meetings Monday with front-running Democratic […]

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